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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-īnaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos. Cognate with Latin -īnus and Ancient Greek -ινος (-inos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iː.nɑz/

Adjective

*-īnaz

  1. -en. Originally forming adjectives of material from nouns, meaning 'made of (noun)'; either later in proto-Germanic proper or a subsequent development in pre-Germanic expanding to also form adjectives or nominalised adjectives pertaining to a thing, as in ‘characteristic of (noun)’.

Inflection


Derived terms

Proto-Germanic terms suffixed with *-īnaz

Descendants

  • Old English: -en
  • Old Saxon: -īn
    • Middle Low German: -en
      • Low German: -en
  • Old Dutch: *-īn
  • Old High German: -īn
  • Old Norse: -inn
  • Gothic: -𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (-eins)
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